The Nuclear Winter Wonderland of Souls8 is a gargantuan, safe nation, notable for its keen interest in outer space, restrictive gun laws, and suspicion of poets. The cynical population of 18.077 billion Souls8ians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The large, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Law & Order, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 46.3%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Souls8ian economy, worth 838 trillion Golds a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Gambling, and Trout Farming. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 46,412 Golds, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.9 times as much as the poorest.

Occam's razor has sliced to pieces any childhood belief in Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy, music teachers are commonly seen busking in order to fund their music programs, children of nonreligious parents are often barred from school festival events, and commemoration of the Great Suspicious War costs almost as much as the war itself. Crime, especially youth-related, is well under control, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Souls8's national animal is the Eagle.

Souls8 is ranked 201,452^nd in the world and 4,898^th in Suspicious for Highest Food Quality, scoring 11.85 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.